Granary At Hatch Farm

The granary at Hatch Farm is a building located 17 meters west of Hatch farmhouse, dating from around 1600, with later alterations in the 17th and 19th centuries. It is timber-framed and weatherboarded, with a partial brick plinth and a slate hipped roof. The structure has a rectangular plan and is two stories high, consisting of five bays aligned east to west.

On the north side, the three eastern bays are fully boarded over, with a 19th-century brick plinth. The two western bays are open on the ground floor, supported by intermediate posts, and feature simple windows: one on the ground floor with two panes and two on the first floor, each with two lights. The south side is similar, with the three eastern ground floor bays open and two intermediate posts, while the two western bays are weatherboarded with some exposed brick plinth. It also has simple windows, two on the ground floor and two on the first floor.

The west end elevation is weatherboarded with a brick plinth and has a central entry opening on the first floor. The east elevation is plain weatherboarding. Inside, the basic frame consists of oak posts at ground floor level, all chamfered on each edge, featuring late 16th to early 17th-century lamb's tongue chamfer stops. Originally, the ground floor was completely open. Some middle rails are made of reused oak with redundant dovetail joints, and later knee braces are bolted to the posts and binding joists, with 19th-century primary braced and boarded partial infilling. The first floor has posts that continue from below but are plain. The roof is of the later 17th-century joggled butt side purlin type, with principals set at half bay intervals of lower framing, and exposed base tenons on the principals indicate that the upper floor has been reworked, although the elegant hip construction remains.

Grain bins and associated framing made of softwood have been inserted into the earlier construction. The original purpose of the framing from around 1600 is unclear, but it resembles a public building, possibly a market or court hall, that was moved here from elsewhere. This granary is significantly older than the other buildings in the architect-designed animal feeding complex from 1776, with which it stands, on the west side of the central axis. Together, the granary and the principal buildings of Hatch Farm form a group.